Forsburg

Dr. Forsburg received her AB from UC Berkeley, her PhD
from MIT, and was a postdoc at Oxford University. She was a faculty member at The Salk
Institute for Biological Studies from 1993-2004. She is now at USC, where she is a Gabilan
Distinguished Professor in Science &
Engineering, a Professor of Biological Sciences, and a Member of the USC-Norris
Cancer Center.

Forsburg investigates the molecular mechanisms by which
cells respond to genome stress. This
response is a fundamental barrier to malignancy and a defense against
aging. Forsburg is an expert in the
genetics of the simple yeast S. pombe
and a pioneer in combining live cell imaging and state of the art microscopy
with classical molecular biology.

Forsburg as a Stohlman Scholar of the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society, received the WICB Junior Faculty Award from the American Society
for Cell Biology and the Alice M Evans Award from the American Society for
Microbiology. Forsburg is an elected
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the
Association of Women in Science, the California Academy of Sciences, and the
American Academy of Microbiology. In
2016, she received The Associate's Award, USC’s highest honor for teaching.